Harro Adt

German diplomat

Harro Adt

Ambassador of West Germany to the Central African Republic
In office
1984–1986
Preceded by| Otto Roever
Succeeded by| Otfried Garbe
Ambassador of Germany to Mali
In office
1994–1997
Preceded by| Hans-Henning Bruhn
Succeeded by| Karl Prinz
Ambassador of Germany to South Africa
In office
2004–2007
Preceded by| Anna-Margareta Peters
Succeeded by| Dieter W. Haller
Personal details
Born|  (1942-05-20) 20 May 1942 (age 82)
Munich, Germany

Harro Adt (born 20 May 1942) is a German diplomat.

## Life and career

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Adt studied law in Tübingen, Munich and Freiburg; He passed his first state examination in 1969. In 1972 he passed the second state examination and then went into foreign service.

Adt was accredited in Kabul, Calcutta, Geneva, Paris and Brussels. In 2003, he was Ministerial Director of Monsieur Afrique in the government of Gerhard Schröder.[1] He was later appointed ambassador to South Africa and then the Federal Government's Africa Commissioner.

After working as ambassador to Mali, he traveled again to the Malian capital Bamako on 22 July 2003, together with the then State Secretary Jürgen Chrobog, in order to work with the Malian government to find a solution to the hostage-taking in the Sahara.[2]

Adt is the father of the German business executive Katrin Adt.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Wer ist wer? Das Deutsche WHO’s WHO. 46\. Ausgabe 2007/2008
2. ^ "Entführt in der Wüste" (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-02.
3. ^ ""Cocktails, Kongo, Kakerlaken"".